# Stiff Leg Deadlifts **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Discussion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stiff-leg-deadlifts/2843 "2018-08-02T00:31:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![williy\_cole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@williy\_cole](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/williy_cole)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stiff-leg-deadlifts/2843/1 "2018-08-02T00:31:56Z")
Any of you guys ever have trouble with these? I really like them, but I always seem to piss my back off doing these no matter how much I take my time. I am currently doing the Hypertrophy template at maintenance calories to hopefully shed some fluff which is long over due, and I did not want to have to only do RDLs. ---
**Author:** ![tavccp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tavccp](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/tavccp)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stiff-leg-deadlifts/2843/2 "2018-08-05T00:13:46Z")
Hey, Yes it happens but not so often as in your case, I’d recommend posting a form check to see whats wrong them film all your sets and analyse after. In my case it happens when I try to pull with my arms or if the bar too far from mid-foot In your case it may be many things, do you think you can flatten your low back well in a good positioning, have you tried to widen your stance just a little bit ? ---
**Author:** ![williy\_cole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@williy\_cole](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/williy_cole)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stiff-leg-deadlifts/2843/3 "2018-08-24T15:33:26Z")
Yea I’ve played around with the set up. I just set up the same way I do for deadlifts, and deadlifts never really give me an issue. I’ve also been to a SS coach before and the only corrections I got was tighten your belt and some tweaks on my bench and press. They really liked my SQ/ DL. Back tweaks have been a common thing on and off but never really the case from DLs, and only twice while Squatting did I piss my back off. Coincidently those times where around finals and I was highly stressed out. I’ll post a video next time I train them. ---
**Author:** ![teddyd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/teddyd/32/81_2.png) [@teddyd](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/teddyd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/stiff-leg-deadlifts/2843/4 "2018-08-28T16:28:44Z")
Wear a belt if you back gets pissed off at you. Maybe tempo it slightly, in the sense of a 2 second eccentric and 2 second concentric. Maybe you need to strip the weight a bit as well.